The law of sedition is a remnant of the colonial times, does India need it 75 years after Independence? Shekhar Gupta explains.

Citizen, nation, sedition: Shekhar Gupta

(Shekha Gupta is the Editor-in-Chief of ThePrint. This piece first appeared in Business Standard’s July 17 edition.)

  • The law of sedition is a remnant of the colonial times, does India need it 75 years after Independence — this is the question Chief Justice of India N V Ramana asked the Modi government’s Attorney General Thursday. The question was both substantive and rhetorical. Here’s why it isn’t the nub of the issue …

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